Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-18
Total Ils2 34S 400 81 20 1921 lO7 5 40

In the German Department the total en-
rollment for the month was 1858; number
Of classes, 40; number of pupils of German
~parentage, POI; those of other than Ger
man parentage, 152; number of teachers
employed, 4: amount for instruction, Sd5
each; total enrolment since September,
800.
Submitted with this was Librarian Will
sons report, which showed the total circu-
lation of books in the library for the month
of March to be 6,43l; average circulation
per day, 232;% circulation in reading room
1853; amount received from fines, &c., 81.
The Committee on Finance reported that
Robert Campbell was entitled to u refund
of taxes paid in erroneous assessment to
the amount of $l.S5, and the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company to the mount
of $l4l. 80, and recommended that the
amounts be paid the parties. The report
was adopted.
The Committee on Buildings and Grounds
reported that regarding the matter referred
10 it of inquring into the condition OF the
natural gas fitting in the Third ward
school. the condition of the Seventh ward
school building, and the condition OF the
First ward school building, that it has de-
cided, first with respect to the natural gas
fitting of the Third ward school
that reasonable experiments should
be made by the contractors at the eX-
peuse of the Board. Secondly, with
respect to the condition of the Seventh
ward school building, the Commissioners
of Madison sub-district be authorized to
make the necessary repairs. Thirdly, with
respect to the condition Of the First ward
school building, the committee secured the
services of a Pittsburg expert, who after
careful examination pronounced the build
ing unsafe, as his report will show, and
the committee offered the following recon-
mendatiOns which were adopted:
That the building he closed and that
this committee he empowered to
suitable temporary quarters for the school;
that the bill of Mr.. PEBBLES, the expert,
amounting to $i5 he paid. The committee
submitted the report Of Mr.. PEBBLES ~
follows:
PIrTsBURG, February IL, 1887.
X. Edgdr Han, Esq, Clerk Of the Board o.
Education, Wheeling, W. Ia:
DEAR SIR-Complying with instruc-
tons, received from you under date Of
February ;, 1887, to examine and report
TO yonr Committee on Buildings and
Grounds of Wheeling, as to the condition
and security of the Washington school, l
beg to submit the following:
I first examined the outer walls, and ]
find the front or East wall is practically
plumb, and has settled very little If any
The south Iwall / find to be out OF plumb
at the southeast corner II inches. At the
southwest corner II inches. This South
wall has settled 3 inches bat the southwest
corner.
The west wall is out of plumb at the
southwest corner 81 inches and at the
northwest corner 4 inches andln the center
81 inches. The west wall has settled on
an average Of three inches, and has bulged
out about three inches both horizontally
and vertically. All the lintels and sills
are broken, caused by the unequal settling
of the wall.
The north wall is out of plumb at the
northwest corner IL inches and at the
northeast corner 2 inches and has settled
about three inches at the northwest corner.
This north wall has bulged about 2 inches,
all of the lintels west Of the center Of the
building are broken. The braciDg of the
wet wall which was done some time ago
to prevent the further bulglng in Of the
second and third stsries is of no practical
benefit owing to the manner in which 1t
was done.
This about covers all of my examina-
tions of the outside walls. All Of the
brick partition walls from the cellar 10 the
third-story floor are cracked and are en-
tirely too light to Withstand the weight
upon them, and the basement, where they
were not plastered, l particularly noticed
they were not bonded into the main walls.
The floor joists are too lights for buildings
of this character, the span is so great be-
tween bearings.
find the foundations are heavy enough
provided they had been properly con-
structed, but the stones have been laid up
without bedding and very inferior mortar